Barbara P. Cox

Barbara P. Cox, age 86 of Gainesville, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 23, 2018. Mrs. Cox was a loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and will be missed by all who knew her.

Barbara grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Napsonian School, which is now Westminister. She attended Shorter College. In 1950 she met the love of her life, John W. Cox, and after a whirlwind courtship of six weeks they were married on August 8, 1950.

Barbara was a Cub Scout Den Mother and later a Girl Scout Leader and neighborhood chairman for the Girl Scout Troops in her Dunwoody area . She taught Sunday School at Dunwoody UMC when her children were young. Barbara participated in many years of the Georgia Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors meetings in support of her husband, John W. Cox, when he was the Executive Vice President and Political Advisor for the Georgia Association of Realtors, making friends all over the state of Georgia. She was a member of the New Hope UMC in Gainesville and was active in the choir and worked with the seniors group, The Happy Hearts, in the church. Her family and friends were her passion and her love for them was endless.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents William and Iris (Heard) Parnelle; husband John Wood Cox, Sr. She is survived by son John Cox, Jr., of Chamblee, Georgia; daughter Carole C. Beasley, of Gainesville, Georgia, grandchildren and their spouses Barton Beasley, Israel and Jordan Beasley, Michelle Beasley, Barbara Brooke Pattillo, Joy and Christopher Jones, and 10 great grandchildren; sister Billie Cloninger, sister-in-law Teeny Gillespie, and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 11 to 12 noon with a 12noon memorial service at New Hope United Methodist Church, Gainesville, Georgia with Rev. John Tomlinson officiating. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation at KAOEF.org/donations. Care and Trust placed in McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, Georgia 30040. 770-886-9899. Online condolences can be placed at www.mcdonaldandson.com

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Saturday, September 29, 2018
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

New Hope United Methodist Church
4815 Dawsonville Highway
Gainesville, Georgia 30506

Saturday, September 29, 2018
12:00 PM

New Hope United Methodist Church
4815 Dawsonville Highway
Gainesville, Georgia 30506